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PEER is hosting a seminar with UC Berkeley's Program of Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials (SEMM) which will be held on March 29, 2021, 12:10pm-1pm (PDT), online.

Presenters:
Mark Sarkisian PE, SE, Partner; and Chris Horiuchi PE, SE, Associate, SOM
Leo Panian PE, SE, Principal, Tipping Structural Engineers
Gerard Madden PE, SE, Senior Project Manager, SOHA

Jack Moehle, Professor of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley, was selected to deliver a 2021 Fazlur R. Khan Distinguished Lecture at Lehigh University on March 11, 2021. The Fazlur R. Khan Distinguished Lecture Series honors Dr.

Ian Buckle, a Foundation Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Nevada Reno and an active member of the PEER Institutional Board, is the recipient of the “2021 Regents’ Researcher Award - Distinguished” by the Nevada System of Higher Education.

The impact of a PEER funded research project "A System-Level Study to Evaluate the Role of Soil Gradation on Seismically Induced Embankment Deformations" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Jason T. DeJong, Professor, UC Davis. 

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Research Impact

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Seismic Performance of Isolated Bridges under Extreme Shaking" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Gilberto Mosqueda, Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, UC San Diego.

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Research Impact

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Implementation of Frequency-Dependent Impedance Functions in OpenSees" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Jian Zhang, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA. The Research Team includes S. Farid Ghahari, Project Scientist, UCLA and Ertugrul Taciroglu, Professor and Chair of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UCLA (Senior Collaborator).

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Performance-Based Economic Loss Assessment Due to a Hypothetical Large Southern California Earthquake Based on the Disruption and Recovery of Port of Los Angeles Freight Traffic" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is Ertugrul Taciroglu, Professor of Civil Engineering, UC Los Angeles. The Co-Principal Investigator is Kenichi Soga, Professor of Civil Engineering, UC Berkeley.

The impact of a PEER funded research project "Prediction of Seismic Compression of Unsaturated Backfills" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is John McCartney, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Structural Engineering, UC San Diego. The Research Team includes Wenyong Rong, Post-doctoral Researcher, UC San Diego.

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PEER has just published Report No. 2020/26: "Long-Term Monitoring of Bridge Settlements using Vision-Based Embedded System." It was authored by Henry L. Teng and Khalid Mosalam, UC Berkeley.

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The project "Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings,” (PEER-CEA Project), coordinated by PEER and sponsored by the CEA, was recently featured in two presentations at the Structural Engineers Association of California

Three PEER colleagues were recently honored with election to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), which is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.

PEER has just published Report No. 2020/25: "Regionalized Ground-Motion Models for Subduction Earthquakes Based on the NGA-SUB Database." It was authored by Norman Abrahamson, University of California, Berkeley and Zeynep Gülerce, Middle East Technical University.

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The impact of a PEER funded research project "Seismic Evaluation of the California High Speed Rail System" is highlighted below. The project Principal Investigator (PI) is John Stanton, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Washington. The Research Team includes Marc Eberhard, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Washington and Michelle Chang, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Washington.